Trailing Thoughts

Well… another weekend has passed. It has been a nice weekend. Madhujit is panicky and will not go out at all until his thesis is up. I had tickets for 3 dog night, but he would not go, which I guess is okay, the tickets found other people to go… I am in my last week at flower hospital. I will then be going to St. Charles then St. V’s. I have a week break inbetween where I will spend a significant amount of my time at rite aid.
We took the dogs for a lot of walks this weekend. The weather in Toledo is getting almost spring like. Hopefully it will stay that way, though the weather people have different predictions. We also let Daisy and Luckey run around in my back yard– and Daisy did not run away; instead she chased Luckey as she played fetch. She was so tired, that she slept for the rest of the evening… though she does have energy now.
On another note:
The other day, a dermatologist gave a lecture on the current updates for treating acne and he mentioned the use of systemic antibiotics. When he was questioned with the resistance issue, he said it was not a big deal. Now I ask myself, who just spent 6 years in pharmacy school, why does he think that it is not a big deal. That was one of the major objectives of learning at the college– to understand that resistance is a huge issue. It was preached in every and all classes. But then doctors don’ t think it is an issue. I especially have a “beef” with using systemic antibiotics to treat acne, though it is a commonplace practice. Don’t get me wrong, it does work, and I am proof of that– I was on antibiotics for 6 years to control my acne– now my issue is how much did I harm myself when I get that serious infection which my body nor the antibiotics can fight because I took oral antibiotics for years? With some disease states, like acne, antibiotic use is not necessary in systemic form, especially long term use, because of the period of time and compliance issues, which is another story in itself! A scary thought is that these bacteria, microorganisms, existed way before we did and will continue to evolve to conquer anything we can develop. These little bugs will outlive the human race, because at one point in time, resistance will cause mutations that are not able to be killed with our drugs. For example, when penicillin first came on the market, only a few units could control the bacteria… now we load up on a couple antibiotics to kill the same bug because it developed mechanisms to fight our antibiotics. The develop of MRSA and VRE should warn us to take precautions, but unless the doctors also head the warning, it will be hard to win the battle against the bugs.